L7!

EN: L7 was formed by Donita Sparks and Suzi Gardner on shared electric guitar and shared vocals. A year previous, Gardner had performed backing vocals on the Black Flag song "Slip It In". The punk rock duo were soon joined by Jennifer Finch on bass guitar and Roy Koutsky on drums. Koutsky left shortly after and Demetra Plakas ("Dee" for short) became their permanent drummer. The band took its name from a 1950s slang phrase meaning "square," but is often mistaken as a reference to the sex position, "69". The slang phrase "L7" can be heard in the classic Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs song "Wooly Bully" ("Let's not be L7, come and learn to dance..."), and in the Rick James song "Bustin' Out" ("L7- just a little too damn straight..."). In 1991, the band formed Rock for Choice, a Pro-Choice women's rights group which was supported by other prominent bands of that era, including Pearl Jam, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Nirvana, and Rage Against the Machine. Rock for Choice still exists and organizes concerts today. [1] Their 1992 third album Bricks Are Heavy, produced by Butch Vig, was featured in Rolling Stone's May 1999 list of 'Essential recordings of the 1990s', and is widely considered their classic.[2] [2] L7's fourth album, Hungry for Stink, was released in the summer of 1994 during their Lollapalooza tour, where they shared the stage with Green Day and Nick Cave, among others. Jennifer Finch left the band during the recording of their next album, so Sparks and Greta Brinkman played bass on their fifth album The Beauty Process: Triple Platinum, after which Gail Greenwood, (formerly of the band Belly) became the bassist. The band's most recent album, Slap-Happy, was released in 1999 and did not chart on either side of the Atlantic. Greenwood then left the band and was replaced by Janis Tanaka, formerly of the San Francisco band, Stone Fox. (Janis would later go on to play bass for the singer Pink). Gail Greenwood would later play with the singer Bif Naked). However, by 2001 the band was no longer touring. According to the band's website: "L7 are on an indefinite hiatus. We know that's vague, but that's just the way it is. The future of the band is a bit up in the air at the moment." L7 appears to be defunct for all practical purposes, as Donita Sparks is currently pursuing her own solo career, along with drummer Dee Plakas and two other guitarists in the band Donita Sparks and The Stellar Moments. Jennifer Finch is working in a punk-rock group called The Shocker. ES: El grupo se formó en 1985 cuando se conocen Sparks y Gardner. En un periodo de tres años grabaron su álbum de debut para Epitaph, telonearon en una gira a Bad Religion. En 1990 editan uno de los discos más impactantes e importantes del movimiento Sub Pop, Smell the Magic (Sub Pop), y en 1992 Bricks Are Heavy (Slash), que supuso el primer éxito del grupo con la canción "Pretend We’re Dead" (Fingir que estamos muertos). Vinieron un montón de giras y festivales. En 1993 participan en la película Serial Mom de John Waters. L 7, en 1988 llevaron al rock más allá de sus límites con un húmedo debut discográfico que fusionaba la cruda vitalidad del punk con riffs electrificantes y salvajes. Con su humor, sus melodías y las guitarras al máximo de volumen, L 7 ayudaron a revitalizar el género, ( y el sello Sub Pop). Algunos recuerdan su actuación cuando abrieron para Faith No More por 1992. Los lectores de Rolling Stone, eligieron el álbum que L 7 editado en 1992, "Bricks are heavy " ( producido por el entonces famoso productor grunge, Butch Vig) como uno de los 150 discos indispensables para entender la década de los 90. Han sabido sobrevivir a toda la resaca post-grunge-Nirvanera. En 1994, L 7 editan Hungry For Stink, son cabezas de cartel del Lollapalooza de ese año y participan en el Warped Tour. En 1995 su canción "Shitlist" (lista de mierda) forma parte de la película de Oliver Stone Natural Born Killers. Dos años después editan The Beauty Process: Triple Platinum En 1999, con la salida del grupo de la bajista Gail Greenwood, L 7 grabaron Slap-Happy como trío, El grupo ha producido la mayor parte de este álbum con ayuda adicional de Brian Haught (Too short, Synical) para dejar la parte de las mezclas a Tom Rothrock y Rob Schnapf (Beck, Foo Fighters, Elliott Smith), así como a su amigo y antiguo colaborador Joe Barresi (Melvins, Rage Against the Machine, Queens of the Stone Age...). Con Slap-Happy, L 7 abren una nueva etapa en su carrera donde empiezan a controlar todos los aspectos de su producción. Han montado un sello llamado, Wax Tadpole Records, y controlan todo el proceso, desde como sonara el disco a la portada, desde la promoción al marketing. La canción Pretend We're Dead es una de las más famosas, e incluso forma parte de la banda sonora original del videojuego Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, saliedo en la Radio X. L7 was an American rock band from Los Angeles, that was active from 1985 to 2000. Due to their sound and image, they are often associated with the grunge movement of the late 1980s and early 1990s.